Lining for cars.



J. S. WORTH.

LINING FOR CARS. APPLICATION FILED DEC-31,1915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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J. S. WORTH.

LINING FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED nc.31..

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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J. S. WORTH.

LINING FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-31, 1915.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.5.

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JOHN S. WORTH, 0F COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF AND WILLIAM P. WORTH, 0F GOATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

LINING FOR CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19 1916.

Application filed December 31, 1915. Serial'No. 69,672.

Pennsylvania, have invented certain Im provements in Linings for Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain im rovements in metallic freight cars and in the linings which are located within the car.

One object of the invention is to provide a fastening means for the lining of a metallic car so as to dispense with through bolts which extend through the walls of the car, the detachable fastenings being all within the car.

Another object of the invention is to construct the car lining so that it can be readily detached when necessary, toprovide means whereby the lining-is held in the upper position in the car body and to improve the construction of the corners in which the lining rests.

These objects and other advantageous ends I secure in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view of a portion of a railway car illustrating my inven-- tion, the section being taken on the line 1-1, Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a portion of the car on'the line 2.-2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view of one of the corners of the car; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional plan view of one of' the uprights at the doorway, showing the details of construction; Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of one side of the car on the line 55, Fig. 1; Fig. 6 isa sectional elevation of the end of the car on the line 66, Fig. 1; Fig.7 is a perspective view, showing the angle support and the braces, which are 10- cated in the corners of the car; Fig.8 is a perspective view, showing the an le support which is located at the door ame of the car; Fig. 9 is a detached perspective view, showing a portion of the three sidepannels of the lining; Fig. 10 is a detailed perspective view, showing the formation of the socket for holding the retaining blocks for. the lining; Fig. 11 is a perspective view 1 of one of the retaining blocks; Fig. 12 is an enlarged sectional view, showing the means of fastening the panels to the frame of the car; and Fig. 13 is a view showing a modification of the joint of the two panels.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the floor of the car.

2 illustrates a portion of one side of the car and 3 illustrates a portion of one end of the car. The ends and the sides are made of sheet metal pressed into shape, preferably corrugated so as to add strength to the structure. These corrugations are of any shape desired. In the present instance, the

corrugations are shaped in cross section, as.

shown in Figs. 5"and 6.

4 is the cornice plate and 5 is the side angle beam. The side plates 2 are attached to this beam 5 and to the cornice plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.

6, 6 are the side posts and 7, 7 are the end posts of-the car made in any manner desired. In the present instance, these posts extend into the car and the side lining 8 and the end lining 9 bear against their respectiveposts and are held in position by fastenings described hereinafter.

At each corner of the car is an angle strip 10 extending vertically from the floor to the roof or to a point above the lining and this angle plate is held in position inany manner desired.

In the drawings, I have shown angle 7 brackets 11 and 11 shaped as. clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 7. These brackets are riveted. in the present instance, to the side and end plates. Located in the angle strip is a wooden filler 12, which is of less width than the angle strip, but is of a greater width than either of the two linings 8 or 9, so that either one of these linings can be removed without removing the strip.

13 is the door post made of a U-shaped plate 14, and 15 1s a U-shaped angle plate forming the door stop. These plates are secured together and to the metallic side plates of the car, as shown in Fig. 4.

16 is an angle strip located so as to receive the end of the lining 8 and, in the present instance,-is secured to one flange of .the U-shaped plate 14'. Other means'of fascut instance, is secured by screws passing through the flanges of the plate 14. In the present instance, the side linings are made of three sections 8*, 8 and 8, respectively, and the end linings are also made of three sections 9, 9 ,.and 9, respectively, extending the full height of the interior of the car, but it will be understood that the linings may be in one or more sections, depending upon the material to be transported in the car.

The planks in each of these linings-run longitudinally, in the present instance, and are tongued and grooved, as shown in'the drawings. The planks of each section are secured at intervals to battens 20, as illustrated in Fig. 8, and the upper edge of the lower section 8 is preferably offset to receive the ofiset lower edge of the middle section 8 and the lower ends of the upper section 8 are preferably offset to receive the offset upper edge of the middle section 8 so that the upper and lower sections overlap the middle section.

is held in place against the sides of t e car The lower section by cleat plates 21,.the flanges of whi h extend in front of the lower ends of the battens 20, which extend below the linings, as shown clearly in Figs. 5 and 9.

The upper portion of the lining is held in position by cleat plates 22, which are bent to form lips and which are secured to the cornice plate and extend down over the upper edge of the lining, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. In order to hold the central portions of the lining rigidly to the side wallsofthe car, I secure straps 23 to the side walls, as shown clearly in Figs. 10, 11 and 12, and shape wooden blocks 24 to extend under the straps and preferably to fit the corrugations in the side plates of the car. The blocks 24 are shaped in the present instance, as shown in Fig. 11 the wood'screws 25 being'driven through the two abutting liningsections into the blocks 24 between the straps so that the blocks retain the two sections rigidly in position. On removing thescrews 25, the panels can be readily detached, the top panel being firstwithdrawn from under the plates 22 and the second section is then removed and finally the lower section is raised from the sockets formed by the plates 21. The sections of the end linings are secured in the same manner. 21*- is the flanged lower plate into whichthe battens 26 extend and 22 is the cleat plate back of which the upper section extends and the intermediate section 9 is held in place by the lower panel 9*- and the upper panel 9 and blocks 24 are held to the end plates by the straps 23, and screws 25 are driven through the adjoining sections and into these blocks so as to retain the entlre structure in position.

Thus it will be seen that I are enabled to fiiake a lining in which the side sections or the end sections can be readily removed without disturbing the other sections and the sections can be readily secured in place without bolts or other detachable fastenings extending through the side plates or the end plates of the car body, and by making the corners in the manner shown I can dispense with the wooden posts or pillars which are usually located in the corners and can make a comparatively light structure which will support the linings and which will form a free ventilating space between the linings and the body of the car.

By making the blocks 24 in the manner shown, they can be shaped by any carpenter and can be driven under the straps 23,

flanges may be dispensed with, as in Fig. 13.

In some instances the upper and lower cleat plates-21 and 22 may be dispensed with and the straps 23 may be located near the top and bottom of the car to receive the block to which the lining sections are se- The plate 14 at the door opening may be formed of a single channel member extending from top to bottom of the car, or it may be made in sections secured to the angle plate 15. a

I claim:

1. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion; a lining therefor; straps on thecar body; and blocks located back of the straps, said blocks being detachably secured to the lining.

2. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion; a detachable lining therefor;

a pair of straps secured to the sides and to the ends of the car at intervals; blocks adapted to. the space back of the straps; and

means for attaching the lining tothe blocks. 3. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion; a lining made in sections; blocks secured to the body ortion; said blocks extending across the Joint between the sections of the lining and secured to the two adjoining sections.

4. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion; a lining consisting of a series of horizontal sections, one placed above another; battens on the linings; straps on the car arrangedin pairs at the joints between the sections of the lining; blocks mounted in the space between each pair of straps; and means for detachably fastening the sections of the lining to the blocks.

5. The combination of a car body; vertical posts forming part of the car frame and located within the car body; side walls ifs secured to the outer surfaces of the posts; blocks secured to the side walls between the posts; and alining bearing upon the posts and secured to the blocks.

6. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion; a series of upper and lower cleat plates; a sectional lining; and means for securing the sections at points between the plates to the car body, the cleat plates extending over the upper and lower edges of the lining and retaining it in position.

7. The combination in a freight car, of a body portion having side and end plates; a vertical angle strip located at the corner of the car body some distance from the outer plates; and means securing the strip to the outer plates so that the angle strip will be held in position; side and end linings hearing upon the strip; and means for securing the linings in position.

8. The combination in a car body of an angle strip located on the inside of the car body some distance from the corner forming part of the car body structure; internal posts, the angle strip being in line with the posts; a wooden filler mounted in the angle strip and forming an end bearing; and side and end linings bearing upon the angle strip and the posts; the filler being so proportioned that either the side lining or the end lining may be removed without removing the other sections.

9. The combination in a car body, of side and end plates; an angle strip located within the car body some distance from the corner formed by the side and end plates; means for supporting the angle strip; an angle strip at the door frame of the car in line with the corner angle strip; means for supporting the door frame angle strip; a lining mounted on the interior of the car and resting against the two angle strips; and means for fastening the linings in posi- 'tion.

10. The combination in a car body, of side plates; a vertically arranged channel plate having its flanges turned toward the inside of the car, said plate forming part of the door frame; a vertically arranged angle strip secured to one of the flanges of the body portion composed of corrugated plates;

a series of pairs of straps secured to the inner side of the car, blocks shaped to fit back of the straps and also shaped to fit the corrugations of the plates of the car; linings; and means for securing the linings to the blocks.

12. The combination of a freight car having corrugated side and end plates and internal posts spaced apart to which the side and end plates are secured; corner strips within the car some distance from each corner; means for supporting said strips secured to the side plates; angle strips at each side of each doorway and spaced from the side walls and in line with the corner angle strips; straps secured to the side walls at intervals and arranged in pairs; blocks detachably held by the plates; sectional linings secured to the blocks; and upper and lower plates, also secured to the frame of the car, and retaining the upper and lower portions of the lining in position.

13. The combination in a freight car, of side and end plates; an angle corner strip within the car located some distance from the corner; means for holding the strip in position; side and end lining sections; and a vertically arranged filler located in the angle corner strip and of a greater thickness than the side and end linings, said linings bearing against the projecting edges of the angle strip.

JOHN S. WORTH. 

